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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY (RUSSIA)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

minelayers of WWI

Mina 1916

Velikiy Knyaz' Konstantin 1915

more than 1000 BRT

Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT or Disp., t

Dimensions, m

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

Прут [Prut] (ex-Москва [Moskva]) 1879 // 12.1909 Glasgow, UK 5459 109.7x13.1 13.5 2628 8-47, 2-37, 900mines scuttled 12.11.1914
Ильмень [Ilmen'] (ex-Рцы [Rtsy], ex-Prinzessin Sofia Scharlotte) 1912 // 6.1915 Stettin, Germany 2160 72.0x10.2 12 1100 2-75/48, 400mines captured by Germany 9.4.1918 (Möwe)
Лена [Lena] (ex-Котлин [Kotlin], ex-Köln) 1899 // 4.1916 Bremen, Germany 2400 79.5x11.4 12 1500 4-75/48, 372mines returned 6.1922
Ловать [Lovat'] (ex-№3, ex-Руно [Runo]) 1912 // 10.1915 UK 1060 64.7x11.0 9 650 2-75/48, 360mines returned 8.1922
Мста [Msta] (ex-Rußland) 1883 // 6.1915 Kiel, Germany 1955 67.8x10.3 9 728 2-75/48, 157mines captured by Germany 12.4.1918
Свирь [Svir'] (ex-Virgilia) 1911 // 6.1915 Kiel, Germany 3800 79.6x11.2 10 800 2-75/48, 300mines captured by Germany 9.4.1918
Терек [Terek] (ex-Ораниенбаум [Oranienbaum], ex-Olivia) 1884 // 5.1916 UK 1700 60.0x9.0 10 560 2-47, 300mines returned 7.1922
Урал [Ural] (ex-Ферт [Fert], ex-Prinz Eitel Friedrich) 1912 // 6.1915 UK 2530 78.0x9.6 10 1555 2-75/48, 520mines depot ship 5.1920
Хопёр [Khopyor] (ex-Константин [Konstantin]) 1866 // 5.1916 Newcastle, UK 1100 65.1x9.1 10.5 710 2-47, 2-37, 200mines survey vessel 8.1918
Бештау [Beshtau] 1907 // 9.1914 Newcastle, UK 1120 72.3x10.5 9 750 4-47, 100mines cargo vessel 4.1916
Дыхтау [Dykhtau] 1907 // 9.1914 Newcastle, UK 1112 72.3x10.5 8 700 2-37, 100mines cargo vessel 4.1916
Великая Княгиня Ксения [Velikaya Knyaginya Kseniya], 5.1917- Ксения [Kseniya] 1895 // 8.1914 UK 2700 92.7x11.3 12 2360 1-152/11, 3-75/48, 2-37, 160mines captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Великий Князь Алексей [Velikiy Knyaz' Aleksey], 5.1917- Алексей [Aleksey] 1890 // 8.1914 UK 2440 94.8x11.3 12 2400 3-75/48, 2-37, 200mines captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Великий Князь Константин [Veliky Knyaz' Konstantin], 5.1917- Константин [Konstantin] 1891 // 8.1914 UK 2500 90.7x11.3 12 2200 1-152/11, 3-75/48, 2-37, 200mines captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Св. Николай [Sv. Nikolay], 5.1917- Николай [Nikolay] 1893 // 11.1914 Sevastopol 2783 88.4x8.2 12 2400 1-152/11, 3-75/48, 280mines captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Цесаревич Георгий [Tsesarevich Georgiy], 5.1917- Георгий [Georgiy] 1896 // 8.1914 UK 2200 87.8x11.3 12 2400 1-152/11, 3-75/48, 280mines captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Монгугай [Mongugay] (ex-Pronto) 1891 // 9.1904 Flensburg, Germany 2500 61.7x9.1 9 600 7-47, 310mines stricken 12.1916
Уссури [Ussuri] (ex-Lyutsun) 1901 // 8.1910 Leyton, UK 3200 71.9x11.3 10.5 1050 3-75/48, 4-47, 500mines scuttled 1.8.1918
Шилка [Shilka] (ex-Erica) 1897 // 2.1912 Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle, UK 3500 85.3x11.6 11 1650 2-120/43, 4-75/48, 480mines cargo vessel 1915

100 - 1000 BRT

Мина [Mina] (1913, 180, 80mines, 6.1916-1.5.1918, 12.1920-2/1922), Дюна [Dyuna] (1868, 594, 5.1916-7/1918)

Project history: Merchant vessels converted to minelayers during World War One.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Prut was scuttled by own crew 12.11.1914 off Sevastopol to avoid capture by German battlecruiser Goeben. Ilmen' was captured by German troops in Finland 9.4.1918 and commissioned by Kaiserliche Marine as Möwe. Msta was captured by German troops 12.4.1918 at Helsingfors. Svir' was captured by German troops 9.4.1918 at Abo. Kseniya, Konstantin and Nikolay were captured by German troops at Sevastopol 1.5.1918 and later escaped with Wrangel to Bizerte. Aleksey was captured by German troops 1.5.1918 at Sevastopol, returned to owner in March 1919, mobilized again in 1920 (temporarily) and finally was sunk in 1944 by submarine. Georgiy was captured by Germans 1.5.1918 at Sevastopol and returned by them to owner. Ussuri was scuttled 1.8.1918 by own crew to block fairway of the North Dvina.

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